Ode to a Guy I Met Once - Gabby of the Cadillac Tramps

Originally posted in my blog Terminal Berkely Denizen. Posting here for the first time even though this is almost a month old...

The Cadillac Tramps documentary Life on the Edge is premiering next week in Los Angeles!

My girlfriend Shannon asked me if I had ever seen the Cadillac Tramps.

And I had to admit, my answer was rather embarrassing.

"...I might have."

The thing is, back in my bacchanalian days I saw tons of shows. I also had an unfortunate habit of not remembering certain shows, either in whole or just in parts due to an imbibing habit I had cultivated in my years of club hopping.

And even though I only vaguely remembered maybe having seen the Cadillac Tramps play once or twice, I still felt right at home when she took me to see a sneak preview of their documentary Life on the Edge. I didn't know anyone in the audience, but I still felt right at home. They were all the kind of people whose wardrobe consisted mainly of band shirts and jeans, and they were also people who collected lots of tattoos and couldn't remember what their natural hair color looked like. These were my people. They were my tribe.

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